1st to 3rd February current Affairs 2016 (Important Points)

1. Indian Government has decided to set up IARI in Assam:- 

Important Points:-

The Indian Government has decided to set up an Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Kamrup district of Assam.

Union Agriculture ministry has found 500 acre of suitable land at Bormula village for it.

2. WHO declares Zika Virus as a global emergency

3. Archana Ramasundram appointed as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal

4. Himachal Pradesh plans to spend 15 crore rupees on Swachh Bharat Mission in Kinnaur

5. Operation Smile-2 campaign achieves significant success in Odisha (rescuing 515 children)

6. Saroj Kumar Jha appointed as Senior Director in World Bank

7. Rishabh Pant records fastest fifty against Nepal in ICC U -19 World Cup

8. Dr. Shyam Agarwal takes over as new Secretary Tribal Affairs

9. Atulesh Jindal to take over as new CBDT chairman

10. Novak Djokovic wins Australian Open Men's Singles Title

11. Virat Kohli has become no 1 batsman in T20 rankings

12. Assam government proposes 50 percent reservation for women in Government jobs

13. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's book 'Transcendence' launched in Johannesburg, South Africa

14. India along with three other BRIC nations has joined the Bretton Woods-based International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) top-10 elite club.

15. Germany's Angelique Kerber wins women's singles in Australian Open

16. Maharashtra Government announces Babasaheb Ambedkar Special Group Incentives Scheme for Dalit entrepreneurs

17. Major General Jai Shanker Menon of India has been appointed as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

18. Sanjeev Rajput (Shooter) has secured India's 12th Olympic quota berth from shooting for the upcoming Rio Games. 

19. Kerala has won the 61st National School Athletics championship which concluded in Kozhikode.

20. The Indian Government has set up two new committees namely:- 1) Tax Policy Research Unit (TPRU) and 2) Tax Policy Council to streamline the taxation policy and administration.

21. S N Prasad has taken over as Director (Marketing), Coal India Ltd (CIL) from 1st February 2016.

22. HL Samariya has been given additional charge as Central Provident Fund Commissioner (CPFC).

23. Ashish Kumar Goel has taken charge as the General Manager of Eastern Railway. He assumed charge on 1st February 2016.

24. Urban Ladder, an online furniture retailer has appointed Sanjay Gupta as its new Chief Marketing Officer.

25. Former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar passes away